CAL's BEST Plus test is the best oral assessment I have found.  It can be used print-based or computer-based.
 
Kay Combs
Program Coordinator
Center for Lifelong Learning
Georgetown, KY  40324
502-570-8984

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From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Diana Siemer
Sent: Tue 10/20/2009 10:13 PM
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 2236] Adult Basic Oral Survival English Skills - a test?


To Whom it May Concern:

I need a brief oral assessment vehicle that will answer - yes or no - that an adult for whom English is not his/her first language has gained Basic Oral English Survival Skills. I am trying to please non-ESOL superiors, hence the impossible request. What is the best thing out there? Would it be CAL's BEST test - short form, which I know is an old standard, or is there a better, more recently created vehicle? How about the ESLOA from Reader's Press? I'm familiar with the BEST, but never used the ESLOA. Thank you for any help or advice anyone can give.
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Diana Siemer
ESOL Program Coordinator
410-522-2668
dsiemer at cc-md.org

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